diff --git a/src/sbbs3/main.cpp b/src/sbbs3/main.cpp
index cf6e181c9c5fdb35cd1fade0e52a97778abfcb1b..2b970f166f8c510c688076ac7d9a0be673cb0fed 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/main.cpp
+++ b/src/sbbs3/main.cpp
@@ -728,7 +728,7 @@ bool sbbs_t::js_init()
 
 		js_DescribeObject(js_cx,server,"Server-specifc properties");
 
-		sprintf(ver,"%s v%s%c",TELNET_SERVER,VERSION,REVISION);
+		sprintf(ver,"%s %s%c",TELNET_SERVER,VERSION,REVISION);
 		val = STRING_TO_JSVAL(JS_NewStringCopyZ(js_cx, ver));
 		if(!JS_SetProperty(js_cx, server, "version", &val))
 			break;
diff --git a/src/sbbs3/postmsg.cpp b/src/sbbs3/postmsg.cpp
index 991ecfff843bd6953f2f105a225f117260897dd5..6333ceda025f4c7f078164131439a8b97ed51e85 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/postmsg.cpp
+++ b/src/sbbs3/postmsg.cpp
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ static char* program_id()
 	char compiler[64];
 
 	DESCRIBE_COMPILER(compiler);
-	sprintf(str,"%.10s v%s%c-%s%s%s %s %s\r"
+	sprintf(str,"%.10s %s%c-%s%s%s %s %s\r"
 		,VERSION_NOTICE,VERSION,REVISION,PLATFORM_DESC
 		,beta_version
 #ifdef _DEBUG
diff --git a/src/sbbs3/sbbsecho.c b/src/sbbs3/sbbsecho.c
index 717ada8677afd04c147f145536c0654b36356304..ebf58989530f16b8567bd27db2e6b5ec3629ad75 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/sbbsecho.c
+++ b/src/sbbs3/sbbsecho.c
@@ -3773,7 +3773,7 @@ void export_echomail(char *sub_code,faddr_t addr)
 				if(msg.ftn_tid!=NULL)	/* use original TID */
 					f+=sprintf(fmsgbuf+f,"\1TID: %.256s\r", msg.ftn_tid);
 				else					/* generate TID */
-					f+=sprintf(fmsgbuf+f,"\1TID: SBBSecho v%s-%s r%s %s %s\r"
+					f+=sprintf(fmsgbuf+f,"\1TID: SBBSecho %s-%s r%s %s %s\r"
 						,SBBSECHO_VER,PLATFORM_DESC,revision,__DATE__,compiler);
 
 				/* Unknown kludge lines are added here */
@@ -3820,7 +3820,7 @@ void export_echomail(char *sub_code,faddr_t addr)
 
 				if(!(scfg.sub[i]->misc&SUB_NOTAG)) {
 					if(!tear) {  /* No previous tear line */
-						sprintf(str,"--- SBBSecho v%s-%s\r"
+						sprintf(str,"--- SBBSecho %s-%s\r"
 							,SBBSECHO_VER,PLATFORM_DESC);
 						strcat((char *)fmsgbuf,str); }
 
diff --git a/src/sbbs3/smbutil.c b/src/sbbs3/smbutil.c
index 5a6167a502ab055db3281323fd6272ecf5203f83..e8d10928c519bd589188a4c6668d2a4fcea9cc20 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/smbutil.c
+++ b/src/sbbs3/smbutil.c
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ void postmsg(char type, char* to, char* to_number, char* to_address,
 		smb_freemsgdat(&smb,offset,length,1);
 		exit(1); }
 
-	sprintf(str,"SMBUTIL v%s-%s r%s %s %s"
+	sprintf(str,"SMBUTIL %s-%s r%s %s %s"
 		,SMBUTIL_VER
 		,PLATFORM_DESC
 		,revision